A group of five racehorses

Details

John Rattenbury Skeaping, R.A. (1901-1980)
A group of five racehorses
signed, dated and numbered 'JOHN SKEAPING 77 4/7' with foundry stamp (on the base)
bronze
11 ½ x 36 x 14 in. (29.2 x 91.4 x 35.6 cm.)

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Lot Essay

John Skeaping studied at Goldsmiths College and the Royal Academy. In the 1920s he travelled to Italy were he learned marble carving, and married Barbara Hepworth at the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. During World War II Skeaping served in the Intelligence Corps as an official war artist and spent a term with the newly founded SAS.

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